As well, we now have the 9/11 Commission Report, which compiles interviews from over 1,200 people in 10 countries, and draws upon two and a half million pages of documents to present its findings.įor many people younger than Generation X, 9/11 is a feeling-a grim milestone from their youth-but the details are likely more fuzzy. Even though the attacks took place in the era just before mobile phones had viable cameras, there are countless images and videos of the event. In the 20 years since 9/11, the events that occurred that morning have been analyzed in-depth from a thousand different angles. Thousands of civilians had lost their lives and were seriously injured, and the entire country was in collective shock, still trying to make sense of how a coordinated act of terrorism of that magnitude was allowed to take place on American soil.
Within three hours, New York’s tallest buildings were reduced to rubble, and the Pentagon-the nerve center of the American armed forces-was burning and partially collapsed. 9/11 Timeline: Three Hours That Changed Everythingįor Americans and people watching around the world, September 11, 2001, is a day that will never be forgotten.
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